Vegetable peeler and scraper.



No. 850,871. PATENTED APR.16, 1907.

S. NAGASSE.

VEGETABLE PEELER AND SGRAPER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12,1906.

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v subject of theEm UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

To ail whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SosAKU NAGASSE, a eror of Japan, residing at LosAngeles, in t e county of Los Angeles and State of California, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Vegetable Peelers and Scrapers,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved in strument for paring, scra ing, orpeeling fruit, vegetables, and the li e and removing all defects thatmay exist therefrom; and the object of my invention is toprovide'adevice that is simple in construction and embodying economy inmanufacture. I accomplish this object by means of the devicedescribedherein and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view of my improved peeler and scra er. Fig.2, is a section taken on line 2 2 0 Fig; 1 looking in the directionindicated by the arrows.

Referring to the drawings, 5 indicates a handle, preferably of wood, ofany suitable configuration, which terminates at its outer end in arectangular head'6, which is hollowed out on both sides, as at 7.Suitably secured to this rectangular head and'at a suitable distancetherefrom, soas to form a slot 8, is the double-edged cutter orscraper-knife 9, one edge of which is beveled to form a knife-blade 10,and the other edge is composed of a number of serrations '11, whichconstitutes the scraper edge These serra-' tions on the scraperedg'e maybe of any desired shape "or form. Secured to the inner end of the handle5 is a spoon 12 for removing Specification of Letters Patent.Application filed J'unelZ, 1906. Serial No. 321.410.'

Patented April 16, 1907.

the undesirable table.

In the use of my device the blade 10 is adapted for ordinary paring orpeeling of fruit or vegetables, while the other edge, having theserrations thereon, is adapted to prepare vegetables that haveordinarily very thin skins, such. as carrots, new potatoes, radishes,and other like vegetables.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that I have produced adevice that is remarkably cheap 1n construction and efficient inoperation and which practically combines two instruments in onenarnely,apeeler and a scraper.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is I As an article ofmanufacture, a vegetable parer and scraper comprising a handle, one endof which has its opposite sides concaved, and an approximately straightknife secured at its ends to the opposite edges of the handle so thatsome space mtervenes between it and the end of the handle,- one edge ofthe knife beveled or sharpened and the other edge serrated, and thewidth of the knife greater than the thickness of the concaved portion ofthe handle.

.In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed day ofJune, 1906.

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